Advanced Ceramic Applications & Markets
At International Syalons we supply advanced technical silicon nitride, sialon and zirconia ceramic materials to many industrial and engineering markets and applications. Silicon nitride and sialon offer outstanding wear, corrosion and thermal resistance and offer cutting-edge solutions to many engineering and industrial problems.
In many cases technical ceramics will replace an existing metal component in a design, where the much greater wear and corrosion resistance of engineering ceramics can offer significant lifetime improvements over the metal component, often making them very cost effective. Markets and applications utilising these advantageous properties of advanced silicon nitride and zirconia ceramics include:
- Industrial Wear
- Syalon 101 and Syalon 050 are characterised by excellent mechanical strength and hardness, making them ideal candidates for extreme wear applications.
- Molten Metal Handling
- Syalon 101 is world renowned for its exceptional performance in non-ferrous molten metal handling.
- Metal forming
- Syalon 101 is used extensively in metal forming applications such as wire drawing, welding and metal cutting.
- Oil & Gas
- International Syalons manufacture a number of durable and reliable components for the oil and gas industries.
- Chemical & Process
- The excellent corrosion resistance of Syalons to many acids and alkalis makes them ideal materials for use in the chemical and process industries.
In addition to the applications outlined above, we supply fine ceramic components to many other markets including the medical, automative and aerospace industries. Please contact us for more information. Alternatively see our Industrial & Engineering Applications of Syalons guide.